After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
- Explain why it is important to know about the fourth R—researching.
- Differentiate between Peirce's four strategies for establishing beliefs.
- Explain why the expression "the scientific method" is a misnomer.
- Explain what is meant by the term "empirical reasoning."
- Provide examples of the use of empirical reasoning in behavioral science.
- Discuss some aspects of the accepted rhetoric of science.
- Describe the role of analogical thinking in the rhetoric of science.
- Explain what is meant by "behavioral science."
- Discuss the role of methodological pluralism and theoretical ecumenism in behavioral science.
- Compare and contrast the descriptive, relational, and experimental orientations to behavioral and social research.
- Describe some of the traits of good researchers.
